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Raila Odinga vows not to back down over Kenya election outcome

A call to Kenyans to skip work Monday by veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has followed urgings from the European Union that he concede defeat. Nairobi has seen brief clashes on an otherwise quiet Sunday.

Odinga addressing supporters in Nairobi's Mathare slum

Odinga issued his nationwide strike call Sunday while visiting Nairobi's biggest slum, Kibera, as he sought support for his claim that he had been cheated during Tuesday's presidential election.

"In line with the African Union, the EU expects the [Kenyan] opposition to respect the results and use legal means available for appeals and complaints," Mogherini added.

Kenyatta after Friday's poll result announcement

Odinga to outline challenge

Odinga, however, said he would outline his strategy to contest the vote on Tuesday while his National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition demanded access to election commission computer servers to examine electronic results.

Under the law, he has until next Friday to file a petition with Kenya's Supreme Court. Now 72-years-old, it is Odinga's fourth bid for the presidency.

As Odinga addressed 4,000 people in Kibera on Sunday, one of his chief supporters, Senator James Orengo, also called for a boycott of Kenya's independent media group, Nation, for its coverage of the disputed election.

From Kibera, Odinga traveled on to Mathare, another Nairobi slum to visit the family of an eight-year-old girl killed, according to a witness, by a stray police bullet on Saturday as police and protestors clashed.

Police dismissed Sunday a Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights' finding that police gunfire had killed at least 24 people amid post-election protests since last Tuesday.

Six had been killed, asserted police, for alleged looting, rioting and attacking police officers over the past two days.

Slum clash, quiet elsewhere

In stark contrast to previous days, Nairobi only saw minor clashes in one slum area, several hours after Odinga's visit.

Odinga supporters rally in Kabira, Nairobi, on Saturday

The Agence France-Presse news agency reported one man lay motionless and injured after being hit by sticks and a rock following clashes involving hundreds of people from Odinga's Luo ethnic group and Kenyatta's Kikuyu tribe.